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Title: Mitt Romney versus the 47 percent
Post by: blacken700 on September 18, 2012, 05:10:43 AM

Source: Washington post

Over the past few years, Republicans have developed a habit of railing against the 47 percent of Americans who don’t pay any federal income taxes. It’s a fairly misleading talking point, but it keeps resurfacing. And now Mitt Romney has picked up on it:

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/09/17/romney-my-job-is-not-to-worry-about-those-people/


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Excellent charts and graphs detailing just who the 47% really are.

Title: Re: Mitt Romney versus the 47 percent
Post by: chadstallion on September 18, 2012, 07:18:52 AM

and the majority of the 'red' states where he will garner his votes are the states with the highest number of us people who didnt pay fed. taxes in the first place! ooooh, the irony!

Title: Re: Mitt Romney versus the 47 percent
Post by: Kazan on September 18, 2012, 07:20:46 AM

Quote from: chadstallion on September 18, 2012, 07:18:52 AM

and the majority of the 'red' states where he will garner his votes are the states with the highest number of us people who didnt pay fed. taxes in the first place! ooooh, the irony!

The government makes the tax code, why do you think it is setup the way it is?

Title: Re: Mitt Romney versus the 47 percent
Post by: 240 is Back on September 18, 2012, 08:48:49 AM

he was right about the 46.4% number.

however, he was very much wrong about the fact many people who don't pay taxes DO vote republican.
And many people who DO pay taxes do vote republican.

He should have looked at the demographics before making this statement - it's just incorrect when he said they vote obama.  Some do, some dont.

Title: Re: Mitt Romney versus the 47 percent
Post by: Kazan on September 18, 2012, 08:53:34 AM

Earned income tax credit, if you make under a certain amount of money you get it all back at the end of the year. And if you can claim deductions etc you get more back than you paid in, but I guess in Obama land that is fair ::)

Title: Re: Mitt Romney versus the 47 percent
Post by: Soul Crusher on September 18, 2012, 09:04:45 AM

Obama vs. the 100 percent - he hates this country.   

Title: Re: Mitt Romney versus the 47 percent
Post by: chadstallion on September 18, 2012, 02:26:06 PM

Quote from: Kazan on September 18, 2012, 08:53:34 AM

Earned income tax credit, if you make under a certain amount of money you get it all back at the end of the year. And if you can claim deductions etc you get more back than you paid in, but I guess in Obama land that is fair ::)

i glad it is cause that's how i end up paying no fed. income taxes.
however, state and local taxes, yup, pay those puppies.